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Council hears program update on rental inspections as residents protest $100 fee
Summary
Council received a progress update on the borough's rental-registration and inspection program; inspectors are scheduling hundreds of units and using a broad checklist. During public comment, residents challenged a proposed $100-per-unit fee and debated fairness and privacy implications; council clarified the fee is charged to landlords, not the tenant.
Courtney, the borough's rental-inspection staff member, told council the program has scheduled roughly 40 to 50 inspections so far and that she has begun sending introductory emails to about 200 property owners. She described the inspection checklist items ("labeled electrical panels, blanks in the electrical panels, storage in the water heater if it's gas appliance, screens and holes in the screens, loose railings, smoke detectors and carbon monoxides, fire extinguishers") and said inspectors allow five business…
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